Lemon-squeezer.



PATENTED AUG. 11, 1903.

R. ,L. DORSEY. LEMON SQUEEZER. APPLICATION rum) mm: 20, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

Robert L-Dorsey V UNITED ST TES Patented August 1 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. DORSEY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO TUCKER & DORSEY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A

CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

LEMON-SQU EE ZERL SPECIFIGA'IION forming part of Letters Batent No. 735,728, dated. August 11, 1903. Application filed June 201 1902. .Serial No. 112,444. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. DORSEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in .the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lemon-Squeezers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my present invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive lemonro squeezer, principally for ordinary household use, which shall be capableof completely removing the pulp from the fruit as well as of expelling the juice.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

I 5 which are madea part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a lemonsqueezer closed embodying my said invention; Fig. 2, a similar view open; Fig. 3, a

view of the face of one of the halves as seen when looking toward it from the dotted line 3 3 in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4a longitudinal vertical sectional vview of such a squeezer when the halves are closed together thesame as in Fig. 1. 7

My improved lemon-squeezer consists, as is common, of two halves 10 and 11, preferably formed from wood and united by hinges 12 and 13. The part 10 is substantially of a common form,containingmerelyacup-shaped opening to receive the outer or convex side of the portion of fruit to be operated upon, there being an opening in the bottom of the said cup extending through'to the outside,

3 5 through which the nipple of the lemon will- The other part, 11, has an an-' extend in use. nular groove g extending around the bottom of the projecting part, which in operation enters the inside of the half-lemon, (or other 0 fruit,) said groove being adapted to receive and discharge the juice. The projecting portion 14 instead of being formed integrally or fixed in place, as is common, is in the form of a corrugated grinder, the serrations,as shown, preferably extending radially from-the center over its surface and down until the surface of the squeezer-half 11 is reached. The stem 15 of this part extends through a hole in the squeezer-halfll and is provided with a handle 16 upon the outside.

The operation is as follows: The lemon (or other fruit) is cut in halves, as is usual, and a half placed in rthe squeezer and the parts brought together. Then as the parts are thus held the male die is revolved by means of its handle 16, which grinds out the pulp from the interior of the fruit-rind, the result being that when the fruit is removed from the squeezer the pulp as well as the juice have been removed from said rind, so that the whole can be utilized. Theopening in the bottom of the cavity which receives the fruit is important to the operation of this device, as it serves to aiford a secure'grip on the fruit during the pulp grinding part of the operation.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- 1. The combination, in a lemon-squeezer, of twohalves hinged together, one having a matrix-cavity or female die formed therein, and the other having an annular groove of a size corresponding to the periphery of said cavity or matrix, and a separate revoluble male die mounted in a bearing in said part and adapted to enter the female die, said revoluble die being provided with a handle whereby it may be turned when the two parts "of the implement have been placed together,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination, in a lemon-squeezer, of two parts hingedtogether, one having a cavity to receive the fruit to be operated upon, said cavity havinga hole through the bottom adapted to receive the nipple of the fruit, and

a revoluble projecting die part carried by the other member andhaving a ridged surface, Whereby,when it is turned, the pulp is ground out of the rind of the fruit being operated upon, substantially as set forth. I

3. The combinatiomina .lemon-squeezer, of two parts hinged together, one having a matrix-cavity or female die to receive the fruit to be operated upon, said cavity hav- 5 inga hole through the bottom adapted to receive the nipple of the fruit, and the other In witness whereof Ihave hereunto set my having; an annular groove of a size correhand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 10 sponding, to the periphery of said cavity or 13th day of June, A. D. 1902.

matrix, and a separate revoluble male die H 1 5 mounted in a bearing in said part and adapt- *ROBERI DORSEY' ed to enter the female die, said several parts WVitnesses: being constructed, arranged and operating ARTHUR M. HOOD, substaniially as shown and described. JAMES A. WALSH. 

